Equinor, Shell and Total have decided to invest in the Northern Lights project in Norway's first exploitation license for CO₂ storage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Plans for development and operation have been handed over to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.

Shell Gas B.V., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, announces that all conditions for its Final Investment Decision (FID) on a new LNG processing unit at Nigeria LNG (NLNG) have now been met.

Data science and predictive technology service provider, OPEX Group, has launched a new emissions reduction service in response to demand from the oil and gas industry, as operators seek to cut costs and achieve ambitious net zero targets.

International compressor supplier TMC Compressors of the Seas (TMC) has won a contract from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd (SWS) to supply the marine compressed air system to a newbuild FPSO the yard is constructing for SBM Offshore. 

Swedish floating windfarm developer Hexicon AB announced it has agreed to join forces with the leading South African wind developer Genesis Eco-Energy Developments in order to explore the development of offshore wind. The development program will be driven via a joint venture company in South Africa that will be named GenesisHexicon (Pty) Ltd.

TDI-Brooks International, Inc (under contract to TGS), has completed the offshore multibeam phase offshore the Niger Delta. This survey took place in water depths of 750 to 3,500 meters and is Nigeria’s first regional multi-client Multibeam and Seafloor Sampling (MB&SS) Study.

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is playing a key role in two industry groups lobbying the IMO to support a recommendation for Governments and national authorities to facilitate the movement of offshore energy sector personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Evac Evolution ballast water treatment system (BWMS) will be installed on the ILV Granuaile, an aid to navigation vessel operated by the Commissioners of Irish Lights.

Leading European electricity transmission system operator TenneT has awarded a three-year, plus extension, Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) framework agreement to UK company, Ordtek Limited.

A new report reveals that hydrogen has surged up the priority list of many oil and gas organizations, taking a primary position in the sector’s decarbonization efforts. 

Neptune Energy has conducted the world’s first dual drilling operation from an integrated subsea template structure at the Fenja field in the Norwegian North Sea.

Chartwell Marine, a pioneer in next-generation vessel design, has announced its partnership with world leading naval architects BAR Technologies, to support in the delivery of the next generation of offshore wind crew transfer vessels (CTVs). 

Equinor will report its business in the US as a separate operating segment within Exploration and Production International going forward. With this Equinor will provide the same financial information for our business in the US as for the reporting segments.

SIDUS Solutions has welcomed aboard Chris Thayer as their newest member to the SIDUS Sales Team as Business Area Manager. Based out of Houston, TX, Chris will cover the Eastern US and Gulf of Mexico territory.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received equipment orders for a total of four offshore wind service vessels which will expand the Edda Wind fleet, the offshore wind segment of the Østensjø Group. The order was booked into Cargotec’s first quarter of 2020 order intake and the first vessel will enter into service in Q1 2022.